California construction claims consultants – for complex delay, cost overrun and defect claims

Call on Marin-based Donley Construction Consultants for expert claims consulting services in California. Our 30 years of experience on 500 cases gives you the edge. We document your case and help you efficiently settle or litigate your commercial defect, delay or cost overrun construction claims.

Specializing in claims on $5 to $100 million projects

Are you an attorney, insurer, contractor or building owner with a construction claim on a $5 to $100 million project? If so, you’re in the right place. Bring us on board for disputes on multistory commercial buildings, multifamily residences and public buildings – from schools to hospitals and airport parking structures. We can support you on projects of all sizes, but these “middle-sized” jobs are our forte.

Comprehensive construction claims services

With a combination of broad in-house expertise and easy access to professionals in related fields, our services assist you in resolving a variety of commercial construction claims:

Construction defects – help you pinpoint and document the causes and responsibility for defects relating to design, workmanship, materials or lack of maintenance

Defect remediation – simplify the process of settling your case with a complete scope of repair, including estimated costs and scheduled repair activity

Cost analysis – capitalize on forensic accounting to find the source, responsibility and amount of cost overruns, particularly due to change orders and reasonably unforeseen conditions. We analyze project documents and provide an independent cost estimate to compare to actual outlays.

Construction delay analysis – get a clear, accurate analysis of the project time-frame. Uncover the date the delay occurred, the cause, responsibility and resulting impact on the rest of the project. As construction scheduling experts, we evaluate the timing of materials, labor and cash flow for the design team, contractor and consultants.

Mediation, arbitration and expert witness testimony – gain a trusted, impartial presentation for mediation, and logical, persuasive testimony for arbitration and trials. We’ve successfully presented in 6 Bay Area county courts and 3 federal courts.

Construction claim document management – save hours of research time and conserve your budget with a customized, searchable online database. Just once, we sift through your boxes of memos and drawings to identify, categorize and scan the relevant documents. It’s how we stay on schedule and build a clear, direct narrative of your case.

Building your case

Whether you’re the plaintiff or defense, you can rely on Donley Construction Consultants to create the supporting documents, visual evidence and an easy-to-follow presentation that can be the tipping point in your case. Engage our services for your California claim and we help you:

assess your case and develop litigation strategy, from both construction and financial perspectives
create a cost-effective plan and a team of construction professionals to accomplish it
assemble the photographs, video, drawings and reports to document and back up your case
reduce your risk, as we anticipate potential obstacles and peer review our findings to clarify and strengthen our presentation

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We Are Generalists

We mean that in a very specific way. While we know specifications of hundreds of construction elements, we also know the best contacts for every element. We have managed technical teams of 8 different firms and provided coordination for efficient analysis. Technical team leadership is a specialty.